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In the second place, the Princess, far from being an "old friend.'' had never met the Prince of Wales. She was ill on the day of Their Royal Highnesses' arrival, but, on being invited to dine at the Grand Hotel by Captain and Mrs. Alistair Mackintosh (Mrs...
The University annually publishes a catalogue known as the "Announcement of the Courses of Instruction." By its trim green covers, by the promise of order given in the lines, "An Index of Departments . . . on the Back Page of the Cover," the uninitiated is led to expect Prussian organization, Dutch neatness...
Next day the family and crew built a flimsy shelter with stones and a piece of fabric stripped from the plane. From clambering over the rocks in thin shoes, the children's feet were bruised and bleeding. New shoes were fashioned from life preserver covers. Soup and coffee were...
Making a vital distinction between "mass" and "class," he defines "mass-mind" as the commonplace mind, no matter in what class it is found. The massman is barbarian, only concerned with his own wellbeing, content to plunder civilization, not labor intelligently to continue it. By his definition of "barbarian" Ortega...
The 101st meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science got under way at York, England last week with Sir Alfred Ewing, longtime (1916-29) principal of the University of Edinburgh, presiding. Sir Alfred at 77 is one of Britain's great engineers. He attended his first...